Mahishasura mardini stotram

Ayi sumana sumana,

Sumana sumanohara kanthiyuthe,

Sritha rajani rajani rajani,

Rajaneekaravakthra vruthe,

Sunayana vibhramarabhrama,

Bhramarabrahmaradhipadhe,

Jaya Jaya Mahishasura mardini ,

Ramya kapardini, shaila Suthe.

Victory and victory to you,

Oh darling daughter of the mountain,

Oh Goddess of the people with good mind,

Who is greatly gracious to such people,

Oh Goddess who appears very pretty to the good minded,

Oh Goddess with moon like face,

Who is as cool as the moon ,to those in the dark,

Oh Goddess whose face shines in the moon light,

Oh Goddess whose very pretty flower like eyes attracts the bees ,

Oh Goddess who attracts devotees ,like a flower which attracts bees,

Oh Goddess who attracts her lord like a bee,

Oh Goddess who has captivating braided hair,

Who is the daughter of a mountain.

And who is the slayer of Mahishasura

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A slightly different version of Mahishasura mardini stotram (regge flavour)

from Kultiration - Kultiration album

And a clasic
Sudha Raghunathan - Mahishasura Mardhini Stotram

Peter Broggs - Progressive Youth

1 Never Forget Jah
2 Don't Get Weary Rasta
3 Jah Jah Help Us Progressive
4 I Don't Know See All 2
5 Cool Down See All 2
6 Forward Natty
7 Having a Party
8 Live Up
9 River Jordan
10 Give Thanks


When I first met Peter Broggs that fateful day on Chancery Lane in downtown Kingston in 1979, he could not believe that anyone from outside Jamaica actually knew of his music. I had bought his first album, "Progressive Youth", at a record store in California and had been playing it regularly on my Sunday night reggae show in Washington DC. He still did not believe me so I had to sing him some songs from the album. At last he now knew I was telling the truth and we talked about him recording an album for RAS. This became "Rastafari Liveth" and was the first album ever released by the RAS label. Over the years this album has continued to sell and now RAS is proud to release for the first time on CD a rare and virtually unknown album from Peter Broggs which was recorded before his career with RAS. 4 Peter often refers to this as his "opportunity album" since it led to many opportunities with the RAS label and his passport out of Jamaica into the rest of the world.
It's a rare glimpse into the beginning of an artist's career. We hope you enjoy it.
— Doctor Dread (linear notes)



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thegoodone

I've always liked to put across positive messages, those that evoke God, those that show to people the existence of a beautiful and living God. The words that come out when I sing, Jah puts there for me. I am only a servant, and I try, thanks to Him, to guide His children down the right path. My whole career has been in the name of Jah Rastafari. I am a messenger of Jah. All I can do is use the gifts he gave me.

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